' The Benjamin School will offer this Tony Award-winning musical at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 14 at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 1001 E. Indiantown Road at State Road A1A, Jupiter. The Benjamin cast includes Chase Milner, Maddy Apple, and J.B. Corey and is co-directed by Henry Hamilton and Sara Salivar, with musical direction by Chris Douglas. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door just prior to the performances.
The Jupiter Tequesta Junior Woman's Club will be holding its annual Garage Sale to benefit Harmony House, a shelter for abused women and their children from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 14. Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd meeting hall, 400 Seabrook Road, Tequesta.
Armory Art Center, 1700 Parker Avenue, West Palm Beach, will host this, event for children to create their own art work, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, April 14. The cost is $12.50 for children; parents and children under three years old are free. Food and drink tickets will be available at registration. Proceeds from this event support the Armory's scholarship, outreach and art programs for youth. For more information on the Armory Art Center or for tickets to ART-A-PALOOZA, call (561) 832-1776 or visit the Armory's Web site at www.armoryart.org .
The Kruger Brothers will again perform this in the Flagler Kenan Pavilion, Flagler Museum, One Whitehall Way, Palm Beach, at 4 p.m., Saturday, April 14. Tickets are $30 and all proceeds benefit the Southern Arts Federation's relief fund for Gulf Coast cultural institutions damaged by hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. For more information, call the Flagler Museum at (561) 655-2833 or visit www.flaglermuseum.us .
The American Red Cross Greater Palm Beach Area Chapter Youth Volunteers will sponsor a bowling tournament to raise funds for the Red Cross Youth Leadership Programs. This will be from 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday, April 15, Jupiter Lanes, 350 Maplewood Drive. The cost is $250 per team to participate (groups of two to six people). Registration deadline is Tuesday, April 10. Participating teams will receive a team photo, three games of bowling, rental shoes, a snack and drink, and T-shirts for all team members. Prizes will be awarded to high scoring teams and individual bowlers. For more information, call Jessica Ports at 561-650-9152 or email her at portsj@redcross-pbc.org.
This will be at the Mirror Ballroom of the Lake Park Town Hall, 535 Park Avenue, on Sunday, April 15. Featured is Mudhole Control with Warren Pollans. Beginner's workshop is from 3:30 to 4 p.m., with the dance from 4 to 7 p.m. Casual attire is recommended and no partner required. Bring a snack to share.
'Connor Moran Children's Cancer Foundation will hold its second annual night of comedy titled "Cancer's a Drag" at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 1001 E. Indiantown Road at State Road A1A. This will be from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Sunday, April 15 and features a cocktail hour and silent auction, followed by a performance of stand up comics, and colorful celebrity impersonators. Tickets are $30 per person and may be purchased at Allagio Salons of Juno Beach (561-622-2553), by calling Connor Moran Children's Cancer Foundation at (561) 741-1144 or log onto www.connormoran.org .
Bel Canto Singers will perform this concert at St. Christopher Catholic Church,U.S. 1, south of Bridge Road, Hobe Sound, at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 15. The show will feature love songs from "Show Boat," "The Sound of Music," "The King and I," "Fiddler on the Roof," "Camelot," and "Carousel." The group's director is Anne Teeter Ryan. Dr. Jack W. Jones is the accompanist. A $10 donation is suggested. Call (772) 546-5150.
This show is playing through May 6 at the Cuillo Centre for the Arts, 201 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, Show times are Wednesdays at 2 p.m.; Thursdays at 2 p.m.; Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets start at $39.50 and can be purchased by calling the box office at (561) 835-9226. For more information, visit http://www.menopausethemusical.com .
Saul Rosenblum discusses this, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Wednesdays through May 16; Covered are Renaissance to Impressionism; Impressionism to Modern Times. Classes are at the Armory Art Center library, 1700 Parker Avenue, West Palm Beach. Cost is $5 per person. For more information, contact the Armory Art Center at (561) 832-1776 or www.armoryart.org .
The book, "Mayflower," by Nathaniel Philbrick will be discussed at the next meeting of the Juno Beach Book Club, set for 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 18 at the Juno Beach Town Center, 340 Ocean Drive. For more information, call (561) 307-5051.
Guest Conductor Tye Riter, associate professor of music and director of instrumental music at Palm Beach Atlantic University, will lead the PBA Symphony in concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17 at the First Presbyterian Church North Palm Beach, 717 Prosperity Farms Rd., North Palm Beach. The concert will open with Beethoven's "Coriolan Overture" followed by the four dance episodes from Aaron Copland's "Rodeo." The evening will end with the "Fifth Symphony" of Dmitri Shostakovich. Tickets are $10, general admission; $5 for students. Call (561) 803-2970 or email ticketcentral@pba.edu .
This will be at Palm Beach Atlantic University, Rhea Lobby in Vera Lea Rinker Hall, 326 Acacia Rd., West Palm Beach at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 19. The exhibition continues April 20 to 25, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., except for Sunday, when it will be open 1-5 p.m. During the reception on April 19, guests can meet the artists and several professors from the department. The exhibit will present a wide range of two and three-dimensional media, emphasizing the accomplishments of art majors and minors while including exceptional works from other PBA students.
Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary & Hospital will host the 21st annual Night on The Ark Silent Auction at the Abacoa Golf Club, 105 Barbados Drive, Jupiter, from 6:30 to 11 p.m., Friday, April 10. Tickets are $100 per person and includes two free drinks, hors d'oeuvres, a silent auction and raffle prizes. Silent auction gifts include a two night stay at the Four Seasons Resort, dinner at Café Chardonnay in Palm Beach Gardens, a ladies 14K yellow gold bangle bracelet and a ladies Tag Heuer Stainless Steel 2000 Series watch, autographed golf gear and Titliest clubs, a catered dinner of sushi for 10 people, spa certificates, gift baskets and more. For more information, or to reserve tickets, call Safe Harbor at (561) 747-5311 or visit www.safeharboranimalrescue.com .
Tequesta Parks and Recreation will host this for children, 6 to 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 20 at Constitution Park, 399 Seabrook Road. Planned are inflatable rides, a live D.J., basketball games, all-you-can-eat pizza and drinks. The skate park will be open. Cost is $5 for residents; $7 for non-residents. Call (561) 575-1285.
Palm Beach Atlantic University presents Comic Opera Scenes at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Sunday, April 20 and 21 at PBAU, Helen K. Persson Recital Hall in Vera Lea Rinker Hall, 326 Acacia Rd., West Palm Beach. Offered will be scenes from two Italian operas - "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Cosi Fan tutte"- both composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with librettos by Lorenzo da Ponte. All scenes will be performed in English translation, with piano accompaniment. The Opera Workshop is directed by Marilyn Mims, artist in residence of vocal music at PBA. Admission is free. No tickets required.
The 5th season of the Palm Beach Gardens Greenmarket at Gardens Park, 10500 N. Military Trail ends Sunday, April 15. Featured is live entertainment, produce, plants, flowers, handmade crafts and prepared food and drink items. Admission is free. For vendor information, call (561) 722-6435.
This weekly produce/flower market is from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturdays, in front of West Palm Beach City Hall, 200 2nd Street. Call (561) 822-1515.
An exhibition of artwork by the students of Palm Beach Central High School runs through May 1. The lobby gallery is open at all performances and Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call (561) 207-5905.
Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival presents "Expectations," 8 p.m., Thursday, April 19; Friday, April 20; Saturday, April 21; and at 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, April 21 and 22. Tickets: Thurs, Apr 19 at 8 p.m., Fri, April 20 at 8 p.m., Sat, Apr 21 at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sun, Apr 22 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $25 for adults; $20 for seniors, 65 and older; $10 for students. Visit www.pbshakespeare.org .
322 Banyan Boulevard, between Dixie Highway and Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Call (561) 514-4042 or visit the Web site at www.palmbeachdramaworks.org .
Breakfast meetings Thursdays at 7:30 a.m. at Abacoa Golf Club, 105 Barbados Drive, Jupiter. Established in 1981, the B.I.G. referral group for business professionals discusses the latest business, financial and technology trends affecting our community. Call (561) 743-3708 for details.
The local chapter meets monthly in the Jupiter area. Planned throughout the year include holiday toy drives, back-to-school collections and more. Children's Home Society of Florida, South Coastal Division serves more than 25,000 children and families. For meeting dates and times, call (561) 868-4385.
Meets Thursdays, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Palm Beach County Fire Station 19, Central Boulevard and Indiantown Road, Jupiter. Call (561) 427-0840.
The group meets the second Tuesday of each month (May 14) at 7 p.m., in the fellowship hall of Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 400 Seabrook Road, Tequesta. Call (561) 744-6661.
Wednesdays at noon at the Jupiter Crab House, A1A at U.S. 1, Jupiter. Toast of the Coast club is designed to help people overcome their fears of public speaking or to help with public speaking skills. Call (561) 721-2467.
Offers playgroups for infants through preschoolers, holiday activities, fund-raisers, monthly coffee club meetings with speakers and nights out for mothers. Call Joan Brothers at (561) 575-0926.
Meets the first Wednesday (May 2) of each month at 7 p.m. at Jupiter Community Center, 210 Military Trail. Call (561) 746-0553 or (561) 626-3113.
55+ Singles Discussion Group meets at 7 p.m., Thursdays at Jupiter Community Center, 210 Military Trail. Pre-registration is not required, register at the front desk weekly. Cost is $5 per person; coffee will be served. Call Susan Cesarano at (561) 741-2310 or (561) 741-2400 or Arlene Alpert at (561) 744-4988.
Meets the third Wednesday of the month (April 18) at 6:30 p.m., at a new meeting location, Abacoa Golf Club, 105 Barbados Drive, Jupiter. Call Angela Frisby at (561) 801-5230 or email her at angela. frisby@changingperceptions.net . Meeting fee is $35 for guests; $26 for members. For more information, log onto www.womenswellnesssociety.com .
Registration is open for residents and non-residents for non-residents for classes at the Jupiter Parks and Recreation Department. For more information, call Cheryl Thompson at (561) 741-2252 or Sue Cesarano at (561) 741-2310.
Pet Lecture Series: "Beyond the Grocery Store" is the monthly lecture set for Wednesday, April 18. The topic this month is "Pocket Pets: Reptiles and Birds." Lectures are from 7 to 8 p.m., with lectures planned on the third Wednesday of each month through October. Cost: $8 per person for residents; $10 for non-residents.
The Parks and Recreation Department offers classes in a variety of subjects at the Recreation Center at 399 Seabrook Road. Trips are also being offered. Call (561) 575-1897 or (561) 575-1285.
Nature of Grief workshops: The three-part workshops is designed to help bereaved adults by giving an overview of the grief process, impact of grief on relationships, worldview, jobs, identity and ways of coping. They are given 6 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesdays, April 17 and 24 (first one was April 10), May 8, 15 and 22; 10 to 11:30 a.m., Thursdays, April 12, 19 and 25, May 10, 17 and 24; Call (561) 227-5175.
Mommy and Me, Mondays and Thursdays; 9:30 a.m. for newborns to 15 months; 10:30 a.m. for 15-36 months; 11:30 a.m. for 3 to 4 years; Cost: $75 for residents; $90 for non-residents.
Stroller Power, 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, through Sept. 27; $9 per class; for mothers and children (six weeks to 4 years in strollers).
Trip to Biloxi, Miss.: Registration is under way for the four-day trip, June 3 through 6, to Biloxi. Included is three meal vouchers, round trip transfers. The cost is $410 per person double occupancy, $528 per person, single.
1200 S. Congress Ave., Suite 36, West Palm Beach. Call (561) 967-3231 or e-mail puppetcenter@USA.com . Admission $4.50. Reservations required except Saturday shows.
Guided nature tours are given every Sunday at 11 a.m., at the preserve, 574 S. Beach Road, Hobe Sound. The tours are included in the beach admission fee of $2 for adults; children 12 and under are free. Call (561) 744-6668.
Exhibits include a giant leatherback sea turtle, salt water aquariums and displays of local wildlife, as well as educational displays about south Florida's marine environment. LMC is a sea turtle rehabilitation center, with adult and hatchling sea turtle patients. The nature center includes a marine-oriented gift and book shop. Park amenities include a guarded beach, nature trails, picnic pavilions. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays; noon to 3 p.m., Sundays. Call (561) 627-8280.
Volunteers, 16 and older, are sought for various positions, such as admissions/greeter, museum docents, turtle care helpers, turtle docents, field trip guides/teachers, turtle walk guides, gift shop salespersons, cashiers, birthday party hosts and special projects volunteers.
Florida Atlantic University's Jupiter Campus is hosting MacART, the second annual student, faculty and staff art exhibit through May 4. It is at FAU's John D. MacArthur Campus, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter in the Student Services (SR) Atrium /Library Gallery. The MacART show features artwork in different media from students, faculty and staff at FAU's MacArthur campus in Jupiter. This year's show includes photography, water colors, acrylics, graphite drawings, oak reed baskets and mixed media by eleven different artists. Admission is free. The SR Atrium is open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. The Library Gallery is open 8:30 a.m. to midnight, Mondays through Thursdays; 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fridays; 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturdays; and 12:30 p.m. to midnight, Sundays. Call Margaret Allen at (561) 799-8105 or email mallen31@fau.edu .
The museum's permanent exhibit features Hibel's art. Admission is free. The museum is on the John D. MacArthur Campus of Florida Atlantic University in Abacoa. Reservations are requested for all special events. Call (561) 622-5560 or go to www.hibelmuseum.org .
Caren Hackman's "Oil and Water," works on canvas and paper runs through June 8 at the Palm Beach Gardens City Hall Lobby, 10500 N. Military Trail. Call (561) 630-1100 or visit www.pbgfl.com .
Palm Beach Community College will offer this at The Gallery at Eissey Campus, through May 4 at The Gallery at Eissey Campus, BB Building, 3160 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. Featured will be drawings, paintings, ceramics, photography, sculpture, design and digital imagery These emerging artists' work will be for sale. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, and from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays. Call (561) 207-5015. "Works of Art," by Arthur Ruderman, runs through June 13. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Juno Beach Town Center, 340 Ocean Drive. Call (561) 626-1122.
Quilts, courtesy of Vivian Irwin of Quilters Choice of Jupiter and jewelry by Lou Ann Berkley are on display through April 27. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. Call (561) 745-5134.
Lighthouse Park, 500 Captain Armour's Way, Jupiter. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesdays through Sundays. Visit www.jupiterlighthouse.org . Call (561) 747-8380.
Volunteers sought for various positions at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum and the DuBois Pioneer Home. Volunteer positions open include tour guides, gift shop clerks, information desk, admission register, clerical assistance and DuBois Pioneer Home tour guide. Volunteers interested in any positions should stop by either site and pick up an application or call the museum (ext. 110) to have one mailed.
Robert Carr, field archaeologist and executive director of archaeological and historical conservancy, will discuss "Significant Archaeology in South Florida Today" at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 19 at the Juno Beach Town Center, 340 Ocean Drive.
"Seaside Chat with Jim Snyder," Friday, April 27; Snyder will talk about his recent book, A Light in the Wilderness, under the stars at the museum. Included will be dessert and a night tour of the lighthouse. The cost is $15 per person. To reserve tickets, call (561) 747-8380 ext. 110.
Florida in World War II: This exhibit, on display through May 26, from Tallahassee's Museum of Florida History and on loan for the first time, presents an overview of this world event and its effect on Florida. Topic areas include life on the home front, military training, the German U-boat threat, and Floridians in military service.
Gardens Chess Club plays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays at Lakeside Community Center, south of Burns Road, Palm Beach Gardens. $3. Call (561) 762-3377.
The following groups meet at the museum once a month from 7 to 9 p.m. Admission $3; volunteers free. Volunteers are sought. Call (561) 743-9955 or email mdaniel@burtreynoldsmuseum.org .
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